Chapter 5
"Okay, then," Aurora said as she took the white oak stake, put in the air in an angle that suited best for stabbing Klaus with it.
For Caroline everything suddenly happened in slow motion, she saw that if she didn't do anything he would be dead in a matter of seconds and she felt something change within her when suddenly she grabbed the stake in Aurora's hand, pulled it from her and threw it on the floor before snapping Aurora's neck.
When that was done, she knew that somehow her humanity was back and she was overwhelmed with guilt so huge that she couldn't even look Klaus in the eye nor Camille who stood there near the couch all shocked. She felt she couldn't deal with the two right now, so she decided to leave but for that she had to do couple of things. She took the keys from Aurora's pocket and freed Klaus from his chains and then went and broke the dark item that was holding them in the room.
She saw from the corner of her eye that Klaus wanted to reach for her but she couldn't deal with him so she stormed past him and went for the door when there was suddenly huge pain in her chest and then everything went black.
When she woke up, her mind was clear, she remembered the night before when Klaus and her had made up and made love and as he was still sleeping she decided to get dressed and when she was done with that she wanted to go see Camille, they had been to her place with Aurora so she knew where she lived and hoped that she had stayed in.
Just as she was leaving the compound, a man she didn't recognize came to the compound and started to talk to her like he knew her.
"You have some nerve, Blondie." That man told her as he walked up to her.
"Excuse me?"
"I'm talking to you. I'm Camille's friend Marcel."
"Oh," Caroline understood the man's anger with her, "I'm so sorry for what happened to Camille-"
"It didn't happen to her, Caroline, you and that red head murdered her like she was nothing and not only that, you murdered around twenty to thirty people in New Orleans which included both tourists and locals and we never kill the locals."
"I'm really sorry, Marcel, I didn't want any of this to happen."
"But it did happen. You are bringing war back to New Orleans, human faction will want blood and will come after us. I'm sorry Caroline, but I have no other choice than to banish you from New Orleans."
"Marcel! You will do no such thing. I will talk to the leaders of the human faction myself and it will blow over soon." She heard Klaus yell from the balcony and then in a flash he was next to her.
"She and Aurora killed over 20 people, including many locals, Klaus. They don't understand humanity switches and all that crap."
"I'll talk to them, until then, please go."
When that Marcel guy had left Klaus turned to look at her and she saw worry in his eyes. She felt extremely guilty for what she had done and she couldn't even think about what Marcel said that there was war brewing in New Orleans because of what she and Aurora did to the human faction.
"Hey, hey, Caroline, are you with me?" Klaus looked at her, but she wouldn't return his gaze.
The he just held her close as she stared into nothing.
"I have to go back to Mystic Falls," she suddenly said.
"What?"
"Not permanently, just till things blow over and I'll get to think and rest for a while. I just need to be alone right now. But I'll be back, because after the kindness and forgiveness you have showed me, I can't think of any reason why I wouldn't return."
When she woke up, she was disoriented at first, not knowing where she was, but seeing the green walls of her bedroom in her house in Mystic Falls, it all came back to her, going to New Orleans with Stefan, being kidnapped and the drowning in water, then turning off her humanity and all the awful things she had done with Aurora and then her decision to return to Mystic Falls.
She had told Klaus that it was because of trouble she had caused in New Orleans but it really was because of the overwhelming guilt she felt and that city and the people… well especially Klaus would remind her all the things she did to them.
Suddenly her cell vibrated and it was Stefan calling.
"Hey, Care, heard you were back. Just wanted-"
"Where did you hear that?"
"You know just rumours going around…A-"
"Klaus called you and wanted you to check up on me?" She asked annoyed.
There was a long pause at the other end of the line when Stefan had to admit it, "Yes, he's just worried, you know."
"Well, you can tell him that I am alright. What else did you want?" Caroline demanded.
"To ask you to come to have lunch with me and tell me about you adventures in the big city."
"Stefan, the whole reason I come back to Mystic Falls was so that I wouldn't have to think about what happened there. But I'll make you a deal – I'll come to have a lunch and you can tell me all about what is happening here and we won't talk about anything related to New Orleans and Klaus for that matter."
"Okay, deal. What time today?" She could here Stefan smile at the other end of the line.
"Let's make it tomorrow at noon I want to spend the day cleaning this house as mom has again neglected to clean it."
Stefan chuckled at that but was okay with that plan and hung up, so did she.
"So Jeremy went to the art school as far away from Mystic Falls as possible but Bonnie is not very sad as she has Enzo now."
"Bonnie and Enzo?" Caroline screeched. "You are telling me that Bonnie and Enzo are a thing now?"
After Stefan had just nodded, she continued to ask, "Omg, what else has happened while I've been away?"
"Well-"
But he was interrupted by his cell phone that was ringing on the table. Caroline glanced at it and asked surprised, "Why is Klaus calling you?"
"I have no idea," Stefan earnestly answered before taking the call.
"Stefan, don't tell Caroline but something happened and I'm in a bit of a jam."
"Klaus, ahem, I'm with Caroline now."
"Okay, never mind, anyway, one of my enemies has kidnapped my sister Freya and I have reason to believe he's bringing her to Mystic Falls. Can you help me with finding them please?"
"I believe I can. Do you have any idea where he could take her."
"I don't. Lucien is a slimy bastard, but I got to him for a second and he said something about going back to where it all started."
"That's pretty vague, but of course I'll do what ever I can, are you on the way."
"Yes, took the jet and I'm on the airfield now, starting to drive toward Mystic Falls. I'll let you know, when I'm there."
"Okay, see you." Stefan said and hung up the phone. "Caroline, you heard that?"
Caroline, who obviously had was thinking and not really hearing Stefan. She kept thinking about the phrase 'going back to where it all started'.
"Stefan, there has got to be a reason why he kidnapped his sister of all people who's a witch and maybe needed the Mikaelson blood for a spell of something."
"Yeah, what are you thinking then?"
"The phrase 'going back to where it all started', Stefan, that refers to Esther and them becoming the originals, I'm sure of it. Think about it, why is he bringing her to Mystic Falls, the mikaelsons' home town and why he needed a mikaelson?"
"Okay, so you they are at the place that Esther first created to Originals?"
"Where the white oak tree was at the time, yes. And you probably know where it is in the woods right?"
"I do. But let's wait Klaus, I can't bring you with me to somewhere dangerous."
"Oh, come on, Stefan, he's a bit far. I'll send him a text where he should come when he gets to Mystic Falls but let's go, before he hurts or does worse to Freya."
"Alright, let's go." Stefan sighed not wanting to fight with her.
When they got there, they saw that Lucien guy was drinking something that looked like blood and Freya was laying on the ground. Stefan approached him from behind with as take and flashed to him and with on swift movement the guy found himself being staked.
"Nooooooooooooo." Freya yelled then.
Wait, what?
Caroline flashed to Freya and tried to calm her down, "It's OK, he's dead now."
"No you don't get it, Caroline, he drank the serum and he wanted to die. Now he's one of the Originals, with even deadlier powers."
Caroline and Stefan looked at each other as Caroline gave Freya her blood to heal her wrists.
After that Freya said, "We have to get as far away from him as we can. He could be quite deadly for all of us now."
So Caroline helped her up and they flashed away with her.
When they got to the town centre where Klaus and Elijah met with them, Klaus couldn't have been more happy and proud of Caroline figuring this out and finding and saving his sister.
"I must say, it helped, it helped with my guilt, Klaus, helping an other person. It was nice to do something good for a change."
"Because you are a good person, Caroline, and not the vindictive person you were while your humanity switch was off."
Caroline just smiled at that and Klaus continued, "We should get Freya home. Stefan will take you home, okay?"
"Actually, I would like to come back to Mystic Falls with you," Caroline suddenly blurted out.
"Really?" Klaus beamed at her.
"Really, I think I'm done with Mystic Falls, there is nothing for me here anymore."
Klaus was at the loss for word, so he just wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close and kissed her. That kiss could have grown to something much more if Elijah hadn't coughed near them to get their attention.
"I'm happy for you two, but we need to go now."
And so Caroline hugged Stefan and said her goodbyes before getting in the car with the Mikaelsons.